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Advocates for public health and environment chide Rep. Blumenauer for trade vote
Groups launch TV ad buy in Portland, Ore. and Washington, D.C. condemning Rep. Blumenauer’s trade vote WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace began…
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Interior approves Shells dangerous drilling exploration plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior gave conditional approval of Shell’s revised Exploration Plan for oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea, pending receipt of drilling permits fro…
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Department of Interior leasing policies responsible for one quarter of U.S. energy-related carbon emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An analysis completed by the Climate Accountability Institute for the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth finds that federal leasing for oil, natural gas and…
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DOEs rubberstamp cooks the planet
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy gave final approval to Cove Point, a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Maryland. Studies by the Department of Energy and the European Commission ha…
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150,000 Americans call for less meat, more plants in new U.S. diet guidelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 150,000 Americans signed a petition being delivered today urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to adopt…
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Groups urge USDA to launch thorough investigation into scientist censorship
USDA scientists’ research about bee-killing pesticides compromised WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries, and food safety advocates sent a letter to the…
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House approves $279 million renewable energy cut
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2028, “The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016,” by a vote of 240-177. The bill sets funding…
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Contributions to Green Climate Fund alarmingly low
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth International today demanded that developed nations provide the Green Climate Fund with the resources they pledged to it in 2014, warning that the contributio…
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Rep. Ellison says NO to dirty energy research
WASHINGTON, D.C. — By a vote of 175-246 the House of Representatives rejected an amendment to take money from fossil fuels and use it to reduce the deficit. The amendment by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-…
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ExxonMobil profits: A clarion call to end polluter welfare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported $4.9 billion in first quarter earnings for 2015. The largest oil and gas company’s profits are increased by its share of billions…